Other Issues
ENGLISH LEARNERS FACE SEVERE INEQUITIES AND SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS IN NJ SCHOOLS
Published on: November 15, 2021
Crucial new report from ELC, NJTESOL/NJBE and NJCIC finds ability to learn was compromised at a time when English learners needed even more support.
REGISTER NOW FOR 6/17 WEBINAR, "LESSONS FROM NEW JERSEY'S ABBOTT PRESCHOOL: BUILDING A NATIONAL SYSTEM OF HIGH QUALITY EARLY EDUCATION"
Published on: June 4, 2021
Registration is now open for the ELC/NIEER-sponsored 6/17 webinar: Lesson’s from NJ’s Abbott Preschool: Building a National System of High Quality Early Education.
NEW JERSEY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT: UNDER-STAFFED AND OVERWHELMED
Published on: May 25, 2021
A new ELC analysis shows that, since 2014, the NJDOE has lost a staggering 24 percent of its total workforce overall, leaving the agency ill-equipped to tackle reopening the state’s public schools.
PRESIDENT BIDEN’S FIRST 100 DAYS SET STAGE FOR OVERHAUL OF FEDERAL EDUCATION POLICY
Published on: May 24, 2021
ELC’s Education Justice Lecture, now in its twelfth year, showcased the leading voices in the nation and NJ on the frontlines of advancing public education rights and opportunities.
NOW AVAILABLE IN 15 LANGUAGES: FLYER ON RIGHTS OF ENGLISH LEARNER STUDENTS AND PARENTS DURING AND AFTER THE PANDEMIC
Published on: May 19, 2021
ELC’s recently released flyer now available in Arabic, Chinese, English, Gujarati, Haitian-French, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Telugu, and Urdu.
RIGHTS OF ENGLISH LEARNER STUDENTS AND PARENTS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE PANDEMIC AND BEYOND
Published on: April 29, 2021
ELC has released new fact sheets and flyers in English and other major languages about the rights of NJ English Learner students and Limited English Proficient parents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
NEW JERSEY’S SCHOOL COUNSELOR CRUNCH
Published on: December 15, 2020
In the 2018-19 school year, 244,111 NJ students did not have access to a school counselor, and at least 40% of all elementary schools had no school counselor on staff.
ACLU-NJ AND ELC CALL FOR STATE ACTION ON POLICE IN NJ SCHOOLS
Published on: October 21, 2020
ELC and the ACLU-NJ are urging the Murphy Administration to improve data collection and public reporting on the presence of police in NJ schools.